Apologies if you have received multiple copies of this call. Please feel
free to forward this call to other listservs and individuals who might be
interested!
The purpose of this email is to solicit people to participate in a panel
discussion of Peter Jackson's films: The Lord of the Rings: The Two
Towers and (possibly) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(The Extended Edition).
Information on participants and topics will be used to create a proposal
for a panel discussion that will be submitted to the 2003 International
Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA) Conference. More
information on the ICFA Conference can be found later in this message.
A panel discussion at ICFA is typically 4-5 people participating in an
informal discussion with panelists and the audience rather than formal (and
longer) presentations based on papers. ICFA allows people to present a
paper in a session as well as to participate in a panel discussion
Deadline for application to panel to be received (email preferred w/hard
copy backup):
October 10, 2002
Background on Topic:
One of the highlights of the 2002 ICFA conference was the panel discussion
bringing together Tolkien specialists to talk about their responses to
Jackson's first film. This proposed panel is intended to be a continuation
of that discussion, focusing on The Two Towers and, if participants are
interested, upon the Extended Edition of The Fellowship of the Ring.
The deadlines for this call and for submission to ICFA dictate that neither
TTT nor the extended edition id FOTR have yet been released, so
participants cannot send exact information about what they would say during
the panel discussion. However, last year's discussion proved people all
have definite opinions about the film(s) already, so I'm prepared to submit
a fairly-opened description of this proposed panel discussion to
ICFA. Additionally, I plan to encourage communication among the panel in
December/January/
February after the release dates!
If you are interested in participating, please mail or email a one-page
statement with the following information--
Name
Snailmail address
Email address
Telephone number
Your teaching, critical, scholarly, or fandom specialization/areas of
interest as relating to Tolkien and/or Jackson
A brief (1-3 paragraph) statement about the issue or issues you think you
would like to address during your time for speaking--
to:
Robin Reid
Literature and Languages
A&M-Commerce
Robin_Reid@tamu-commerce.edu
903.886.5268
Each panelist will have 5-10 minutes for individual statements, then the
discussion will be opened up for audience questions and participation.
GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION:
If you have not yet sent in a proposal for a PAPER for ICFA, you have until
October 15, 2002.
The 24th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
What Might be Going to Have Been: Dark Myths and Legends
March 19 to March 23, 2003
Ft. Lauderdale Airport Hilton
GUEST OF HONOR: Canadian fantasist Charles de Lint
GUEST SCHOLAR: S. T. Joshi
SPECIAL GUEST WRITER: Ramsey Campbell.
Conference Information and Updates at the IAFA website:
http://www.iafa.org
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